Though many people confused embodied with 'robot', as in an AI would be packed in a unit walking around. I personally see it the opposite way. An AI could have a 1000 bodies all gathering data in the world. Or a million cameras connected to it. Or a set of sensors that spans the globe.

In this since a digital entity could have far more embodiment and connectivity then us humans could ever have.

Waiting for the first research paper with the term 'globally conscious' at this point.